{"title":"A Novel Magnetic Coupler with PQI Cores for Wireless Power Transfer","authors":"Xiaokun Li , Junwei Lu , Haoran Wang , Jingda Li","doi":"10.1016/j.procs.2024.08.051","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The magnetic coupler is a key component of the wireless power transfer (WPT) system, which greatly affects the performance of the WPT. This paper proposes a novel magnetic coupler with ferrite PQI cores for the WPT of small drones, which can enhance the magnetic coupling and improve power transfer efficiency. This magnetic coupler includes the transmitting (T<sub>X</sub>) side and receiving (R<sub>X</sub>) side. The T<sub>X</sub> side is made of a helical coil and a ferrite PQ core; and the R<sub>X</sub> side is made of a helical coil and a ferrite I core plate. Finite element simulations are used to investigate the performance of the proposed magnetic coupler with PQI cores, and compare it with a conventional planar magnetic coupler with two I core plates. In addition, an experimental platform is built to prove the validity of the proposed magnetic coupler with PQI cores. The results show that the coupling coefficient can reach 0.97, and it can exceed 0.446 even under the worst coupling conditions. Meanwhile, power transfer efficiency increases by 10.3% using the magnetic coupler with PQI cores.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20465,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Computer Science","volume":"241 ","pages":"Pages 379-384"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050924017629/pdf?md5=53565a6b9d6cc6b064c28eba25510501&pid=1-s2.0-S1877050924017629-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Procedia Computer Science","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050924017629","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The magnetic coupler is a key component of the wireless power transfer (WPT) system, which greatly affects the performance of the WPT. This paper proposes a novel magnetic coupler with ferrite PQI cores for the WPT of small drones, which can enhance the magnetic coupling and improve power transfer efficiency. This magnetic coupler includes the transmitting (TX) side and receiving (RX) side. The TX side is made of a helical coil and a ferrite PQ core; and the RX side is made of a helical coil and a ferrite I core plate. Finite element simulations are used to investigate the performance of the proposed magnetic coupler with PQI cores, and compare it with a conventional planar magnetic coupler with two I core plates. In addition, an experimental platform is built to prove the validity of the proposed magnetic coupler with PQI cores. The results show that the coupling coefficient can reach 0.97, and it can exceed 0.446 even under the worst coupling conditions. Meanwhile, power transfer efficiency increases by 10.3% using the magnetic coupler with PQI cores.